Contam. ocd makes sleepovers the worst
I'm up trying not to wash the sheets at someone's house I am spending the night in, wondering about germs and if their AirPod case that I was asked to move to the nightstand is dirty enough to the point that I should wash my hands. I'm exhausted but my brain will not let me relax enough to go to sleep and I'm tired of OCD ruining things like this for me.
Get you. It's so exhausting. So...try to change your perspective a bit. OCD destroys your life - better to live with germs than to live like a slave to OCD. Tell your OCD "I don't care" - let the anxiety wash over you and discover that nothing hapoens more than that...
You may need to start smaller and resist having your home be as clean as it probably is. Live with the germs.
Thank you all so much for the kind words š I will be looking into help and ways to reprogram my brain to not give into the compulsions
And update since I don't want to flood a timeline: I ended up fighting with myself about washing my hands and I cried because logically I KNOW a little germ and dirt wouldn't hurt, but thankfully the person I stayed with was very understanding and helped me calm down enough to sleep without running to wash my hands. Fighting compulsions is so hard
It is hard, for sure. It gets easier with time. Hang in there.
Does anyone else worry and going to sleep so much that it's hard to go to sleep and stay asleep. Or how does ocd affect yalls sleep. I just found out that I had it after years of battling thought about my health and other things in my life now I'm obsessing over sleep.what makes it worse is when I have a clear mind after distracting myself I revert back to the slave mind and it feels again like a weight is in my mind.
Hi friends! I have been really struggling with sleep problems lately because of my OCD. I either deal with nightmares related to my obsessions or unable to sleep with rumination. It seems like no matter what I try nothing helps. Has anyone else experienced this? Or have any suggestions to what has helped you? I appreciate you all šš¼š
Iāve had a really hard day, and OCD has convinced me my bed isnāt safe. My bed is my comfort spot so this is the worst place it could hit me. I have fear of paranormal contamination and bad luck/curses/haunting. Today was the birthday of someone who OCD believes to be paranormally contaminated. I was in the lounge and thought I saw a white cloudy thing out the corner of my eye but couldnāt see it when I looked again. Itās likely it was smoke or a reflection in my glasses but I couldnāt figure it out. I had a shower but got back into bed wearing the same clothes I was wearing when it happened. OCD is telling me that a ghost related to the paranormally contaminated person (because of their birthday) was in my house and has clung to my clothes so is therefore in my bed and will now cause all of the things Iām afraid of to happen to me whenever I use my bed. I wish i didnāt get into my bed but I was trying to fight it - itās so hard to fight it when you then end up in a huge spell of rumination and planning of compulsions to alleviate the stress. I know I shouldnāt give in but Iām so afraid. All I want is a new bed but itās not like you can just go and buy a new bed every time OCD tells you. Iām so tired of being scared that bad things are going to happen to me, and this feels like the lowest blow it couldāve dealt me. I just needed to get it off my chest to someone who understands, so if you read this - thank you.
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